The role of the private sector is particularly significant inAfrica-the focus of this report. Africa's population is expectedto increase to 1.7 billion in 2030. By 2050, the continent will be home to 2.4 billion people-a quarter of the world's future population. A growing and rapidly urbanizing...

Sustainable investment (SI) has a strong niche foothold in Sub-Saharan Africa, anchored in the region's largest investment market, South Africa. Yet more work is needed, at policy and portfolio levels, to grow this investment theme. This report recommends measures to expand SI in Sub-Saharan...